Three Firefighters Hospitalized After Fire Apparatus Overturns in Butte County (CA), CHP says

Source: California Highway Patrol - Oroville.

Vincent Medina
The Sacramento Bee
(TNS)

Three firefighters were injured Wednesday morning when their Cal Fire apparatus crashed and overturned along Aguas Frias Road in the Richvale area of Butte County.

The Oroville Police Department responded to the crash and found the fire apparatus off the road, according to a news release from the California Highway Patrol’s Oroville office. The cause of the crash was under investigated.

The three Cal Fire firefighters were able to pull themselves from the wreck and were hospitalized with minor to moderate injuries but were listed in “stable” condition, the CHP said in the statement.

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